ParentheticalCitations

uw-madison writing center writer's handbookUse the table below to learn how to format various types of MLA parenthetical citations. www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation_Format.html

Balkwill, Richard. Clothes and Crafts in Ancient

Egypt. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1998.

The Language of Ancient Egypt. 14 January 2007. The

Ancient Egypt Site. 18 January 2007.

<http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html>

“Scribes.” The Ancient Near East: An Encyclopedia for

Students. 2000.

Bibliography

Parenthetical CitationBook or Encyclopedia (AuthorAuthor Page NumberPage Number)

Guests at banquets sometimes placed a cake or ball of scented wax on their heads. During the heat of a long evening, the wax melted and gave off a sweet scent (Balkwill 25-26).

Parenthetical Citationif no encyclopedia author (Encyclopedia article title page #)

Guests at banquets sometimes placed a cake or ball of scented wax on their heads. During the heat of a long evening, the wax melted and gave off a sweet scent (“Scribes” 20).

Parenthetical Citation(Webpage AuthorAuthor)

Guests at banquets sometimes placed a cake or ball of scented wax on their heads. During the heat of a long evening, the wax melted and gave off a sweet scent (Kinnaer).

Parenthetical Citation if no webpage author (“webpage title”)

Guests at banquets sometimes placed a cake or ball of scented wax on their heads. During the heat of a long evening, the wax melted and gave off a sweet scent (“The Language”).